#Tfs 2015 project planning tools software#

Products give you the highest level view of the system from the customerвЂ™s or userвЂ™s perspective. Products can be composed of other products and/or epics. Products are things which you sell to customers or buy from vendors.

Add a new work item called product to be used as container for epics.An epic or a user story can point to more than one wireframe and more than one user stories or epics can point to a single wireframe. All epics or user stories (always link from the highest level appropriate its easier) that refer to a wireframe will have the hyperlink to the wireframe included as a related link.For the user story when it gets into a thematic release the requirement or standard is attached, which freezes the document. This is because the latest standard always applies at the product concept level.

#Tfs 2015 project planning tools software#

Standards like software architectural, system architectural, technical architectural diagrams, work flows and data models are linked with a hyperlink type from products to the latest copy of each of these items. They are copied to create a user story work item in a thematic release by the product owner and/or BSA responsible for the product area and customized to show specifically how it applies to this release. These are mined for applicability at the beginning of a thematic release identification. Global item user stories are the receptacle for general standards or requirements. Add a check box to work items called вЂњGlobal RequirementвЂќ.The Scrum Master/Facilitator sets the iteration field in TFS based on the items the development team agrees to accept during the iteration planning session. The iteration field will still hold the development sprint identifier and group all the work that the development team has agreed to do within a sprint. The product owner uses the thematic release field as a вЂњparking lotвЂќ where he or she can place the user stories that they want to be considered for the next release. The thematic release field holds a term that is understandable by the user community that expresses the business or functional goal of the release. Have the product owner populate this field. Add a field called вЂњthematic releasesвЂќ to your work items.The following are seven tips to make your use of TFS more effective.

Novices in particular will get less confused with the scrum (x) template since it is simpler. It is a pared down version of their standard template which has everything including the kitchen sink thrown in. To begin with I recommend you consider the scrum (x) template as a starter. Here are a few tips and tricks to make your agile experience with TFS considerably more productive. MicrosoftвЂ™s Team Foundation Server (TFS) is very popular and used on many agile projects. While I donвЂ™t, as a policy, generally make product recommendations I do feel comfortable offering tips and tricks about a particular tools use.